Electronic Device Posture-Based Image Display

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional electronic devices can only download and display pictures after receiving manual user input, limiting their ability to automatically adjust displayed content based on device posture changes.

Innovation Solution

Incorporating a sensing unit and display unit that detect posture changes to automatically match and display corresponding pictures, allowing for real-time or pre-downloaded image adjustments based on orientation and location information.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the electronic device waits for manual user input to download and display pictures, then the device operates reliably with simple control logic, but the user experience is degraded due to lack of automatic content adjustment

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser operation convenienceVSAvoidautomatic picture display
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSExtent of automation

Solution Approach 1:

The electronic device automatically detects its own posture changes through the sensing unit and autonomously selects and displays corresponding pictures without requiring user intervention. The system serves itself by using its own sensor data to trigger picture selection and display actions, eliminating the need for manual user input while maintaining reliable operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Adaptability or versatility

If the device automatically detects posture and displays corresponding pictures, then the user experience is enhanced with dynamic content adjustment, but the device complexity increases due to additional sensing and control mechanisms

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent adaptation to postureVSAvoidsensing and control system
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The sensing unit, which may already exist in the electronic device for other purposes such as screen orientation or step counting, is repurposed to detect posture changes for picture selection. This multi-functional use of existing components enables automatic picture display adaptability without requiring entirely new dedicated sensing systems, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Speed

If the device downloads multiple pictures in advance, then the picture retrieval speed is improved, but the device memory requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepicture retrieval speedVSAvoidmemory storage capacity
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The electronic device downloads and stores multiple pictures in advance before they are actually needed for display. By performing the picture retrieval action beforehand and caching them in local memory, the system eliminates network latency and achieves instant picture display when posture changes occur, thereby improving retrieval speed at the cost of increased memory requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS9904355B2Display method, image capturing method and electronic device
Publication Date: 2018.02.27 LENOVO SOFTWARE
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AI summary

This application discloses a display method and an electronic device, where the method is applicable to a first electronic device including a sensing unit and a display unit, and the method includes: obtaining first posture information of the first electronic device by the sensing unit when the first electronic device satisfies a first predetermined condition; determining a first picture according to the first posture information; displaying the first picture by the display unit; detecting second posture information of the first electronic device by the sensing unit when there is a change in posture of the first electronic device; determining a second picture according to the second posture information; and displaying the second picture by the display unit.